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US-10944611

Method for transmitting or receiving signal using long sequence and apparatus therefor

PublishedMarch 9, 2021
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Technical Abstract

The present document relates to a method for transmitting a signal using a long sequence in a wireless communication system. According to the method, a transmission side device transmits a signal using the long sequence comprising a combination of a plurality of sub-subsequences, wherein each of the plurality of sub-subsequences comprises a combination of a plurality of short base sequences, each having a length equal to or shorter than a predetermined length, and sequences obtained by multiplying each of the base sequences by a cover sequence.

Patent Claims
10 claims

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1. A user equipment (UE) operating in a narrowband Internet of Things (NB IoT) system, the UE comprising: a transceiver configured to receive an NB primary synchronization signal (NB PSS) based on a first Zadoff-Chu sequence having one predefined root index on a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, and to receive an NB secondary synchronization signal (NB SSS) based on a second Zadoff-Chu sequence; and a processor configured to process the NB PSS and the NB SSS received by the transceiver, wherein the processor identifies an NB cell identifier only based on the NB SSS among the NB PSS and the NB SSS, wherein the first Zadoff-Chu sequence is multiplied in each of the plurality of OFDM symbols by each element of a cover sequence, wherein the second Zadoff-Chu sequence is multiplied by each element of a scrambling sequence, and wherein a multiplication between the first Zadoff-Chu sequence and the cover sequence is in a unit of OFDM symbol while a multiplication between the second Zadoff-Chu sequence and the scrambling sequence is in a unit of element of each sequence.

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2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the NB IoT system provides communication service through a narrow band corresponding to a partial system bandwidth of a wireless communication system.

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3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of OFDM symbols are consecutively arranged in a time domain.

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4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the number of the plurality of OFDM symbols is equal to a difference between the number of OFDM symbols included in one subframe and the number of OFDM symbols available for transmission of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

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5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the transceiver receives the NB PSS and the NB SSS with a subcarrier spacing of 15 kHz.

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6. An evolved node B (eNB) operating in a narrowband Internet of Things (NB IoT) system, the eNB comprising: a processor configured to generate an NB primary synchronization signal (NB PSS) based on a first Zadoff-Chu sequence having one predefined root index on a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, and to generate an NB secondary synchronization signal (NB SSS) based on a second Zadoff-Chu sequence; and a transceiver connected to the processor and configured to transmit the NB PSS and the NB SSS to at least one user equipment (UE), wherein the processor is configured to generate the NB PSS by multiplying, in a unit of OFDM symbol, the first Zadoff-Chu sequence and each element of a cover sequence, wherein the processor is configured to generate the NB SSS by multiplying, in a unit of element of each sequence, the second Zadoff-Chu sequence and a scrambling sequence, and wherein only the NB SSS, among the NB PSS and the NB SSS, is used for identifying an NB cell identifier.

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7. The eNB of claim 6 , wherein the NB IoT system provides communication service through a narrow band corresponding to a partial system bandwidth of a wireless communication system.

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8. The eNB of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of OFDM symbols are consecutively arranged in a time domain.

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9. The eNB of claim 6 , wherein the number of the plurality of OFDM symbols is equal to a difference between the number of OFDM symbols included in one subframe and the number of OFDM symbols available for transmission of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

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10. The eNB of claim 6 , wherein the transceiver transmits the NB PSS and the NB SSS with a subcarrier spacing of 15 kHz.

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February 24, 2020

Publication Date

March 9, 2021

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